Publication: Amazing Stories, #20

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Publication: Amazing Stories, #20Publication Record # 640697 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Howard Browne
Date: 1953-06-00
Publisher: Thorpe & Porter
Price:
1/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 100
Format:
pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Amazing Stories, #20 by Lawrence (variant of Amazing Stories, May 1952 1952)
Notes: Data from the FictionMags index.
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1953$kAMZUK$c20

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Editor Title: Amazing Stories (UK) - 1953 • [Amazing Stories (UK, Thorpe & Porter)] • (1953) • edited by Howard Browne

Contents (view Concise Listing)

6 • The Observatory (Amazing Stories, #20) • [Editorial (Amazing Stories, U.K.)] • essay by The Editor
8 • Empire of Women • (1952) • novella by John Fletcher
53 • Rockets Can Be Rough! • (1952) • essay by Frederic Booth
54 • Come to Venus — and Die! • (1952) • novelette by F. Willard Grey
82 • Monkey in the Ice Box • (1952) • short story by Rog Phillips [as by Gerald Vance]
98 • The Big Blowup • (1952) • essay by Omar Snyder

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Tuck	Verified	Rtrace	2024-10-22 18:08:14
FMI	Verified	Rtrace	2024-12-10 19:07:34

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